The Gathering Storm
01/19/25 • 25 min
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Shocking news reaches Kamakura from Japan's capital: an unexpected turn of events that has thrown the nation into chaos. Meanwhile, in the highlands of central Japan a new force is rising, and there are tales of a female samurai who cuts down everyone in her path. Yoritomo sets out from Kamakura to meet this new challenge to his authority, and comes face to face for the first time with his most powerful rival: the mysterious Master of the Eastern Mountain.
Written and presented by Sean Bermingham
Music and sound effects from Pond 5: www.pond5.com
The First Shogun podcast website: https://firstshogun.buzzsprout.com
Shocking news reaches Kamakura from Japan's capital: an unexpected turn of events that has thrown the nation into chaos. Meanwhile, in the highlands of central Japan a new force is rising, and there are tales of a female samurai who cuts down everyone in her path. Yoritomo sets out from Kamakura to meet this new challenge to his authority, and comes face to face for the first time with his most powerful rival: the mysterious Master of the Eastern Mountain.
Written and presented by Sean Bermingham
Music and sound effects from Pond 5: www.pond5.com
The First Shogun podcast website: https://firstshogun.buzzsprout.com
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1 RecommendationsAs we've reached the halfway point in the rise to power of Yoritomo, in this episode we take a break from the main story to look at some of the main books, films, TV shows, and podcasts that deal with this period of early Japanese history. The episode includes tips and suggestions for anyone who's interested to know more about the Gempei War and the life of Japan's First Shogun...
List of sources and media mentioned in this episode:
Books and sources:
The Tale of the Heike - tr. Helen McCullough (Stanford University Press)
The Tale of the Heike - tr. Royall Tyler (Penguin Classics)
The Founding of the Kamakura Shogunate / Azuma Kagami - tr. Minoru Shinoda (Columbia University Press)
Before Heike and After: Hogen, Heiji, Jokyuki - tr. Royall Tyler (Arthur Nettleton)
Yoshitsune (Gikeiki) - tr. Helen McCullough (Stanford University Press)
The Gempei War 1180-85 - Stephen Turnbull (Osprey)
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu tr. Royall Tyler (Penguin Classics)
The World of the Shining Prince - Ivan Morris (Vintage)
The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa - tr. Fuki Uramatsu (Tuttle)
Kwaidan - tr. Lafcadio Hearn (Tuttle)
TV shows & Movies:
Kwaidan (1964) - dir. Masaki KobayashiRashomon (1950) - dir. Akira Kurosawa
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945) - dir. Akira Kurosawa
Taira Clan Saga (1955) - dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Gate of Hell (1953) - dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa
The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022), Taira no Kiyomori (2012), Yoshitsune (2005) - NHK
Podcasts:
A History of Japan (Justin Hebert)
History of Japan (Isaac Meyer)
Read Japanese Literature (Alison Fincher)
Geeks and Gaijins
The Samurai Archives
The First Shogun podcast website: https://firstshogun.buzzsprout.com
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Written and presented by Sean Bermingham
Music and sound effects from Pond 5: www.pond5.com
The First Shogun podcast website: https://firstshogun.buzzsprout.com
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